National Farmers Day

 23rd December 2001: National Farmers Day


It was in the year 2001, the Government of India decided to observe December 23 every year as Kisan Diwas. 

During his tenure as the Prime Minister of India from July 1979 to January 1980, Chaudhary Charan Singh introduced a slew of policies to improve the lives and conditions of farmers in the country. He also played a leading role in the agricultural sector of the country by introducing bills for farmers' reforms. 

Kisan Diwas or National Farmers Day will be observed across the country on 23rd December to celebrate the birthday of Chaudhary Charan Singh, who was the 5th Prime Minister of India. 

On this day, seminars and programs for the farmers are being organized at divisional, district, and block levels. Political leaders will pay tribute to the 5th PM of India on his birth anniversary. Leaders will also visit the former PM’s Samadhi at Kisan Ghat in New Delhi. Government in 2001 had decided to observe 23rd December every year as Kisan Diwas. 

Krishi Jagran will also observe and celebrate the Kisan Diwas in a massive way. The organization that brings magazines in 12 languages with 23 editions is dedicated to the services of the Farmer, who became the Prime Minister of the country. With this Krishi Jagran is paying Tribute to the First Kisan Pradhan Mantri.

 

Chaudhary Charan Singh (23 Dec 1902 - 29 May 1987) was the 5th Prime Minister of India. He served as the Prime Minister from 28 July 1979 to 14 January 1980. During his tenure as the Prime Minister, Singh introduced many policies to improve the life of farmers in India. 

Protecting agriculture from an onslaught of pests and diseases is an age old practice. As we know, Late Potato Blight caused by Phytophthora infestans devastated the entire Irish potato crop, the main source of food and cash, in 1845, causing the infamous Irish Potato Famine: The Great Hunger, which killed over one million people and caused a mass exodus. Hundred years later, in 1943, in India, the devastating Great Bengal Famine caused by the Helminthosporiumoryzae epidemic wiped off the main food crop rice, causing millions of human deaths. These epidemics more than underpin the urgency of establishing science-led reliable plant health management systems to eliminate such devastations. 

In India, estimated annual crop produce losses due to pests are as high as 20 to 25 percent, estimated at US$ 45 million. Further, spurious and counterfeit pesticides and illegal imports are not uncommon. The Department of Agriculture, Cooperation, and Farmers Welfare of the Ministry is in process of bringing out and updated the pesticide Management Bill

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